Trotz wakes up Preds with words

Apparently the Nashville locker room got a little testy in between the first and second period during their 4-1 victory over Columbus. To say the least, Nashville Coach Barry Trotz was not pleased with the Predators after they allowed a goal 37 seconds into the game. Here are Pekka Rinne and Colin Wilson talking about the scene during the intermission.

Pekka Rinne

On the team’s play after the first period

“Our coach gave it to us pretty good after the first period. And I think after that everybody woke up and started playing our game. After that we were skating, we were buzzing, and we had a lot of chances after that. The second and third period were really good.”

On what was said

“We deserved it a little bit because of how things (were). We didn’t play well the first period. We were fortunate we were down only 1-0. They had a few pretty good chances, so Trotzy kind of told us what’s going on, but it was a good wake-up call. You need those things once in a while, and that kind of woke us up.

On the last time Trotz had yelled at the team like that

“It’s been a while, probably. He’s not the kind of guy who comes in and yells after every period. I think it was just a buildup because it was frustrating playing in front of your home fans and to start it off like that.”

Colin Wilson

On what was said in between periods

“A lot of things were said, a lot of yelling and just telling us to start playing our game, because that first period we came out really slow. A lot was said.”

On the scene in between the first and second period

“He’s gotten mad, but that was probably the most mad I had seen him, hitting a lot of things and lots of yelling, so it definitely helped to wake us up.”

On the result of what was said

“It felt a little bit lopsided in the first period. They were getting a lot of chances and a lot of 3-on-2s, you need to get woken up to tighten your game up when that’s happening.”

“You talk about people who are comparable like Shea (Weber), he’s a nice guy but it’s really scary when he gets mad because he’s usually in a good mood. With (coach) he’s even keel and when he snaps like that, you react more to it.”